Maillet v. Martin

By the court:

Rost, J.

Under an amicable settlement between the plaintiffs and the defendant, involving various commercial transactions, the latter agreed to pay, and did pay said plaintiffs, $3500, and assumed to pay Peter Maillet, of the Island of Martinique, the further sum of seven thousand francs, if so much was due him by the plaintiffs; and, if less was due, he bound himself to account to them for the difference. Subsequently the defendant paid Peter Maillet four thousand three hundred and eighty-seven francs fifty-five centimes, under this agreement, and took his receipt for that amount.